Table Of Contents - Standard Horizon Eclipse DSC+ GX1100S Owner's Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................... 4
2 PACKING LIST ..................................................................................................... 4
3 OPTIONS .............................................................................................................. 4
4 SAFETY / WARNING INFORMATION .................................................................. 5
5 FCC RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION ................................................................ 6
6 FCC NOTICE ........................................................................................................ 7
7 GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................. 8
7.1 ABOUT VHF RADIO ................................................................................. 8
7.2 SELECTING AN ANTENNA ...................................................................... 9
7.3 COAXIAL CABLE ....................................................................................... 9
8 INSTALLATION ................................................................................................... 10
8.1 LOCATION ................................................................................................ 10
8.2 MOUNTING THE RADIO ........................................................................ 10
8.2.1 Supplied Universal Mounting Bracket ............................................. 10
8.2.2 Optional MMB-84 Flush Mount Bracket ...................................... 11
8.3 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ................................................................ 12
8.4 ACCESSORY CABLE .............................................................................. 13
8.5 CHECKING GPS CONNECTIONS ......................................................... 13
8.6 CHANGING THE GPS TIME .................................................................. 14
8.7 CHANGING THE TIME LOCATION ....................................................... 15
9 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ......................................................................... 16
10 BASIC OPERATION ........................................................................................... 20
10.1 RECEPTION ............................................................................................. 20
10.2 TRANSMISSION ....................................................................................... 20
10.3 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ..................................................... 20
10.4 SIMPLEX / DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ..................................................... 21
10.5 INTERNATIONAL, USA, AND CANADA MODE ................................... 21
10.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS ................................................................. 21
10.6.1 NOAA Weather Alert ...................................................................... 21
10.6.2 NOAA Weather Alert Test .............................................................. 22
10.7 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ......................................................... 22
10.8 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) ............................. 23
10.9 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS ............................................................... 24
10.10 OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 ........................................... 24
10.11 SCANNING ............................................................................................... 24
10.11.1 Selecting the Scan Type .............................................................. 24
10.11.2 Memory Scanning (M-SCAN) ...................................................... 25
10.11.3 Priority Scanning (P-SCAN) ........................................................ 25
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